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New Hanover County, North Carolina
New Hanover County occupies a narrow coastal peninsula in southeastern North Carolina between the Cape Fear River and the Atlantic, anchored by the port city of Wilmington and barrier-island beach towns Wrightsville, Carolina, and Kure Beach. Buildable land is scarce, so UNC Wilmington, a film and biotech sector, and coastal in-migration keep prices high, while flood-zone maps and Wilmington's height overlays govern what gets built.
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New Hanover County at a glance
- 246,000Population (2025)
- WilmingtonCounty seat
- 192 sq miLand area
- 1,281 / sq miDensity
- $75,000Median household income
- $390,000Median home value
What the live New Hanover County map shows
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- City Boundaries: 4
- School Boundaries - Elementary: 22
- School Boundaries - Middle: 7
- School Boundaries - High: 4
- Residential: 691
- Commercial: 1
- Zoning: 25
- Traffic Counts: 215
- Congressional Districts: 1
- Emergency Services: 2
- Flood Zones: 3
- HUD: 63
- Opportunity Zones: 1
- Parks & Golf: 85
- Schools: 77
- Soils: 68
- State House Districts: 5
- State Senate Districts: 3
- Zip Codes: 13
- Development News: 3
Cities and towns in New Hanover County
Carolina Beach, Kure Beach, Wilmington, Wrightsville Beach.